Thomas Mure Hart, CMG (1 March 1909 – 16 January 2001) was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player.[1][2] He played twice for the Scotland national rugby union team and twice for the Scotland national cricket team as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.[3] Hart served as the Financial Secretary to Singapore between 1954 and 1959.[4]
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| Full name | Thomas Mure Hart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1909 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 2001 (aged 91) Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 |  Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1932 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 20 June 1931 Oxford University v Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 27 July 1934 Scotland v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography
editBorn in Glasgow in 1909, Hart was educated at Glasgow Academy, Strathallan School, Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] In 1930, he played twice for Scotland in the Five Nations against Wales and Ireland at centre.[2] Scotland beating Wales 12–9 at Murrayfield on 1 February and losing 14–11 to Ireland at Murrayfield on 22 February.[2] In 1931 he played two games for Leicester Tigers.[5]
Whilst attending Oxford University, Hart played for the university cricket team, playing ten first-class matches in 1931 and 1932, gaining his blue in both years.[6] He made his debut for Scotland in 1933, playing against Ireland.[7] He played a second match against Australia the following year.[7] Both matches were first-class.[6]
Hart entered the Colonial Service in 1933 and was seconded to the Colonial Office between 1933 and 1936.[4] He joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1936.[4] Hart played two matches for the Malaya cricket team, drawing with Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1937 and losing to the Ceylonese cricket team in 1938.[8] He also played three matches for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements between 1937 and 1939.[8] During the Second World War he was captured in Malaya and served as a civilian detainee.[4]
In 1953 he was appointed Director of Commerce and Industry in Singapore and in 1954 he was appointed the Financial Secretary to Singapore.[4]
Awards
editAppointed a Companion of St Michael and St George, 1957.[4]
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
References
edit- ^ "Thomas Hart". ESPNcricinfo. 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "Thomas Hart". ESPNscrum. 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Thomas Hart". CricketArchive. 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Thomas Mure Hart". Who's Who (UK). 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ a b "First-class matches played by Thomas Hart". CricketArchive. 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Thomas Mure Hart". Cricket Europe. 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Other matches played by Thomas Hart". CricketArchive. 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2013.